WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Built-in Combination Wall and Microwave Ovens
Units: About 92,000
Manufacturer: GE Consumer & Industrial, of Louisville, Ky.
Hazard: The […]

In mid-June, Asko Cylinda AB of Vara, Sweden, recalled about 130,000 dishwashers that contain an electrical component, which can overheat, posing a fire hazard. The firm has received 21 reports of dishwasher fires. Product or property damage have been reported. No injuries had been reported.
The recalled dishwashers include the Asko model series DW95 […]

Yet another appliance recall notice *yawn*.
According to CPSC, this recall is due to a faulty liquid rinse-aid dispenser. Apparently, the dispenser can leak rinse aid onto the dishwasher’s internal wiring which can cause an electrical short and overheating, posing a fire hazard to consumers. Read the sordid details ratcheer.
I wonder how much of […]

Another one for the “Oops!” file:

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the manufacturer, announced in mid-March a voluntary recall of about 250,000 Maytag-brand and about 20,000 Samsung-brand front-load washers made by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., of South Korea.
Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately. Water leakage onto the electrical connections to the […]

A motherboard on a refrigerator? Aren’t those only used in computers? The common sense answer is, “They should be.” But GE, in it’s never-ending quest to produce ever more frail appliances using cheesy electronic control boards made in Chinese prison factories, uses a motherboard on a refrigerator to replace several robust mechanical […]

2.3 million Maytag and Jenn Air dishwashers are being recalled for a very real fire risk. Apparently, the rinse aid dispenser can leak onto internal wiring causing an electrical short circuit and, in some cases, fire. It’s already happened to 135 unhappy Maytag owners. You could be next! More info here.
This […]

Coming right on the heals of GE’s settlement of the class action lawsuit brought against them for their sweaty refrigerators, GE is recalling their professional gas ranges due to an explosion risk!
If it wasn’t so pathetic, it would almost be funny.

Well, you better come find out! Recall status for Amana, Danby, Whirlpool, Crosley, Maytag, and Woods.

Ok, now it’s Whirlpool’s turn for a recall…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces the following recall in voluntary cooperation with the firm below.
Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of product: Whirlpool(r) and Kenmore(r) brand dishwashers

Units: About 162,000

Manufacturer: Whirlpool Corporation, of Benton Harbor, Mich.

Hazard: An electrical defect within […]

From our good friends at GE, bringing broken things to life:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces the following recall in voluntary cooperation with the firm below.
Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of product: General Electric Built-in Dishwashers
Units: About 74,300
Manufacturer: GE Consumer & Industrial of […]

Here we go again…

Appliance maker Maytag Corp. has recalled more than 1,100 of its Jenn-Air gas ranges because switches are too close to the gas tubing, resulting in a fire hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Wednesday. [read more]

Whirlpool is recalling over 2,400 freestanding electric ranges, double ovens and oven microwave combos because of faulty wiring. This wiring can overheat, melt through the insulation and cause a short circuit. It could also pose a shock hazard. This recall applies to Whirlpool and Kitcenaid brands.
But wait, there’s more! Never to be […]

Whirlpool is recalling the door latch wiring in their dishwashers with model numbers beginning with DU8, DP8, DU9, and GPD. An example model number affected by this recall would be DU8700XY-1. The problem is the wire harness in the door latch can overheat and possibly cause a fire. Whirlpool has issued a […]